Noma yiluphi usuku wusuku oluhle lokukhumbula nokufunda uDon UFrancisco de Quevedo noVillegas, omunye wabalobi abadume kakhulu be- Ubudala begolide langezikhathi zonke. Kepha namuhla kunesizathu esikhulu sokuthi kungani isikhumbuzo esisha sokufa kwakhe ngo-1645. KwakuseVillanueva de los Izinsana, idolobha elihle laseLa Mancha eliseduze nelami, lapho angcwatshwa khona. Ngakho-ke kuya ngalesi sukukhethwa kwamanethi akhe ayi-7.
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UKUCHAZA UTHANDO
Ishisa iqhwa, umlilo oqandisiwe
kuyisilonda esibuhlungu nesingazwakali,
kuhle ukuphupha, isipho esibi,
kuyikhefu elifushane elidinisayo.
Kungukubhekwa okusinakekelayo,
igwala elinegama elinesibindi,
ukuhamba ngesizungu phakathi kwabantu,
uthando ukuthandwa kuphela.
Kuyinkululeko eboshiwe
okuhlala kuze kube yisimuncagazi sokugcina,
isifo esikhulayo uma silashwa.
Lena ingane Yothando, lena kwalasha yakho:
bheka ukuthi uzoba nobungani obunjani engenalutho
ophikisana naye kukho konke.
BEKUYIPHUPHO IZOLO, KUSASA KUZOBA UMHLABA ...
Bekuyiphupho izolo, kusasa kuzoba umhlaba.
Kungekudala kungabi nalutho, futhi ngemuva nje kokubhema!
Nezifiso zokudalelwa, futhi ngicabanga kanjalo
vele ukhombe uthango olungivalayo!
Ukulwa okufushane kwempi yokungenisa,
ekuzivikeleni kwami, ngiyingozi enkulu,
futhi ngenkathi ngiphethe izikhali zami,
lapho umzimba ongingcwabayo ungiphatha kancane.
Akusekho izolo, kusasa akufikanga;
namuhla kwenzeka futhi isikhona futhi ibikhona, ngokunyakaza
lokho kungiholela ekufeni.
Amagabade yisikhathi nesikhathi
ukuthi ekukhokhelweni kobuhlungu bami nokunakekelwa kwami
bamba impilo yami yesikhumbuzo sami.
INCAZELO YOTHANDO
Mncenge? Ungidelele? Mthande
Mlandele? Fend? Ngiyibambe? Ucasuke?
Ufuna futhi ungafuni? Ukuvumela uthinte
sekuvele ukukholwa okuyizinkulungwane kumile?
Ngabe kukuhle? Zama ukukhipha?
Ukulwa ezandleni zakhe futhi uthukuthele?
Mqabule phezu kwakhe futhi acasuke?
Zama ukungakwazi ukungixosha?
Ngitshele izikhalazo? Ukhuze ukunambitheka kwami?
Futhi ekugcineni, kubashisi bokushesha kwami,
uyeke ukufinyanisa ubuso? Ungakhombisi ukunengeka?
Ngivumele ngikhiphe ihembe?
Uyithole ihlanzekile futhi ilingane kahle?
Luthando lolu okunye kuhleka.
NGOKUPHELELE FUNA UKUHLALELA OTHANDWENI
Nginikeza izithunzi zabaleki,
umphefumulo wami uyakhathala;
Ngichitha isikhathi eside ngilwa ubusuku nemini
ngomgodi engiwuphethe ezandleni zami.
Lapho ngifuna ukumbopha kakhulu ngezibopho,
futhi ukubona umjuluko wami kuyangishiya,
Ngibuyela ngamandla ami amasha enkani yami,
nezindikimba zothando zingidabula zibe izicucu.
Ngizoziphindisela ngomfanekiso oyize
lokho akushiyi amehlo ami;
Ngihlekise, futhi kusukela ekuhlekiseni ngami, ugijime ngokuziqhenya.
Ngiqala ukumlandela, ngishoda ngamandla,
nokuthi ngingawufinyelela kanjani,
Ngenza izinyembezi zimlandele emifuleni.
NGEZIBONELO EBONISA UFLORA KAFushane
OBUHLE, HHAYI UKULIMAZA
Intsha yonyaka, izifiso
amahloni engadi, umuntu osenyameni
iruby enephunga elimnandi, isibhamu esifushanisiwe,
futhi nangonyaka omuhle wokuqagela:
ubuhle obuhle be-rose,
unkulunkulu wasensimini, inkanyezi yothango,
umuthi we-alimondi osembali yawo eqhwa,
ongakulindela kuma-heats osa:
bayakhuza, oh Flora! isimungulu
yobuhle nokuziqhenya komuntu,
lokho kungaphansi kwemithetho yembali.
Ubudala bakho buzodlula ngenkathi ungabaza,
kusukela izolo kuzofanele uzisole kusasa,
futhi sekwephuzile, futhi ngobuhlungu, uzoqonda.
QHATHANISA INKULUMO YOTHANDO LWAKHE NE
YOMFUTHA
Isigwegwe, ayilingani, ithambile futhi inomsindo omkhulu,
ushelela ngasese phakathi kwezimbali,
ukweba ukusakaza kusuka ekushiseni,
kumhlophe kugwebu, futhi kumhlophe njengegolide.
Uhambisa umcebo wakho ngamakristalu,
I-plectrum yotshwala othandweni lwe-rustic,
futhi silungisa ngezintambo ama-nightingales,
uyahleka ukukhula, engikhala ngakho.
Ingilazi ngokuthopha okuhlekisayo,
uyajabula uya entabeni, futhi wehla
izimpunga ezinesibindi ngokububula.
Hhayi ngenye indlela inhliziyo eqaphelayo,
ejele, ukukhala kufike,
ukwenama, ukungazi noma ukuzethemba.
UTHANDO LOKULILA NOMPHATHI
UMUZWA WOTHANDO
Angidabuki ngokufa, anginqabanga
qeda ukuphila, futhi angizenzanga
kwandisa lokhu kufa, okuzelwe
ngasikhathi sinye ngempilo nokunakekelwa.
Ngiyaxolisa ukushiya ngingahlali muntu
umzimba lowo moya wothando obhince ngawo,
deda inhliziyo njalo
lapho kubuswa lonke uthando.
Izimpawu zinginikeza ukuvutha kwami komlilo kwaphakade,
futhi kusuka emlandweni omude odabukisa inhliziyo
ukukhala kwami kwethenda kuzoba ngumbhali kuphela.
Lisi, inkumbulo iyangitshela,
ngoba ngihlupheka esihogweni inkazimulo yakho,
ukubiza inkazimulo lapho uhlushwa.